Final railcar of Taroko Express No. 408 removed
Staff writer, with CNA, HUALIEN
The final railcar of Taroko Express No. 408, which was involved in a deadly crash on Friday last week that left 50 people dead and more than 200 injured, was removed from the Cingshuei Tunnel (清水隧道) in Hualien County late on Tuesday.
The first car of the eight-car train — which crashed into a crane truck that had rolled onto the tracks, derailed and slammed into the wall of the tunnel — was hauled out from the tunnel by an excavator at 10:52pm.
As it emerged, a large portion of the front left of the carriage, running from the nose to behind the driver’s compartment, was revealed to be missing, apparently shorn off by the impact of the collision.